Syracuse Opioids

State Attorney General Letitia James brought her Heal New York tour to Utica and Syracuse Tuesday, delivering nearly $37 million to the region to combat the opioid epidemic. The nearly $1.5 billion being distributed statewide comes from different settlements negotiated by her office following the March 2019 lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of the painkillers.

One local health organization has changed its branding to better reflect its accomplishments in the lives of 7,000 Upstate New Yorkers recover from drug…